Answer: colonize

AnswerCrossword Clue
COLONIZESettle, as a new territory
COLONIZESettle
COLONIZEWhat ants do
COLONIZESettle, in a way
COLONIZEInhabit
colonizeto establish a colony, also COLONISE
colonizeCome to settle among and establish political control over (the indigenous people of an area)
colonize(of a country or its citizens) Send a group of settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it
colonizeAppropriate (a place or domain) for one's own use
colonize(of a plant or animal) Establish itself in an area